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Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and wealthy businessman Rick Jackson nabbed the top two slots in the initial primary, putting them up against each other in the runoff. Jones has been endorsed by President Donald Trump and got a late nod from Gov. Brian Kemp, while Jackson has painted himself as the right person to carry the MAGA banner in his campaign.

Costa Rica was pulled into a U.S. political dustup after Kristi Noem named our country, along with El Salvador, as one of Washington’s closest allies in South America, apparently overlooking that both nations are in Central America. The exchange came during a Newsmax interview with Greta Van Susteren in a segment posted June 11. Van Susteren asked Noem, “Who’s our best friend in South America at this point?” Noem answered by pointing first to El Salvador, citing migration cooperation and third-country agreements, before also naming Ecuador, Argentina and Costa Rica. The answer quickly spread and the mistake turned what was...

Data centers have become the chic new enemy among activists. Critics claim the centers are using inordinate amounts of electricity and water to power artificial intelligence, inspiring protesters to take to the streets and Democratic lawmakers to head to Albany to stymie their development. However, some experts say the anti-data center push is more of a moral panic than an empirical one, often based on speculative and sometimes bunk projections. It seems that data centers are the boogeyman onto which larger fears about the impact of AI are being projected. “The estimates of future data-center development may be overestimated by...

What began with a concerned mother calling police on her son ended in the thwarting of a terror plot involving drones and snipers aimed at members of U.S. Congress attending Sunday's UFC event at the White House, the government alleges in a criminal complaint filed against one of the plot's admitted leaders, an Ohio teen. Tycen Proper, 19, of Danville, Ohio, told federal investigators on June 11 he intended to "jump-start" a revolution in the U.S. with an attack on June 14 that would begin with drone bombings over the north side of the arena. Co-conspirators, the charging documents allege,...

All six View cohosts-united on the air for the interview, with Goldberg saying, "We’ve been asking our next guest to join us for a while now, so we’re glad he’s taking us up on the offer today."

Pope Leo says ‘religious faith’ can help fight ‘climate change’ at global conferencePope Leo addressed Arnold Schwarzenegger's Austrian World Summit in a video message, saying that ‘the religious dimension is in fact essential’ to dealing with ‘climate change.’Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday sent a video message to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 2026 Austrian World Summit, calling for people of various faiths throughout the world to increase their “care for creation” and work towards a society rooted in “solidarity and human dignity.”In his June 16 remarks to the Summit, citing Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, Leo referred to the care for the environment...

Hillary Clinton bashed former President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection bid as a “terrible mistake” that had major repercussions for the country and his legacy. Clinton contended that Democrats would’ve been able to defeat President Trump if Biden had stepped aside and allowed a new generation of political talent to emerge. “He made a terrible mistake,” Clinton told New Yorker editor David Remnick at a 92nd Street Y, New York event. “He made a terrible mistake for himself, his legacy, and for the country.” “We would have had a real contest,” she mused about what would’ve happened if Biden didn’t run....

More than 30 years after Major League Baseball players went on strike and the league canceled the 1994 World Series, one of the major figures of that time is worried that history is repeating itself. Hall of Famer Tom Glavine, who was exposed to scorn and contempt from fans as a forward-facing MLB Players Association executive subcommittee member during the 232-day strike, told ESPN that he is "100%" concerned that the players and league are barreling toward a work stoppage that could put the season in jeopardy similar to 1994-95. That was the last time MLB officially proposed a salary...

There's a reason they call the lands surrounding the North Pacific the "Ring of Fire," and no, it's not because of a Johnny Cash song. No, the reason for that appellation is that the northern coasts of the lands on the Pacific are hotbeds of tectonic and volcanic activity. Nowhere are Americans more aware of this than in California, which has been hit by some pretty serious temblors in the past. Now, it looks like another big one may be on the way. Geologists are looking at the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults, and they are a tad worried...

US embassy calls on far-right minister to provide his fingerprints, after which he reportedly decides to ditch travel plan. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has canceled an upcoming trip to the United States after he was required by the US embassy to arrive in person and provide his fingerprints as a condition for receiving a visa, Hebrew media outlets reported Monday. The far-right Ben Gvir has repeatedly made headlines with provocative antics, some of which have drawn international condemnation. The unusual move of requiring his fingerprints was apparently due to his criminal convictions. It signaled that Washington was not...

Yesterday was Easter. It was also Trans Day of Visibility & the Hunky Jesus & Foxy Mary contest in Dolores Park with @SFSisters. The more the merrier! Yet instead of just minding their own business, right wing extremists came unglued.

At the dawn of the new millennium in northern Nigeria, while a Christian man was petitioning God with his midnight prayers, his 19-year-old Muslim neighbor was calling upon Allah through prayer. Little did the Muslim youth know at the time is that his Christian neighbor, Moses Onuorah, would help him convert to Christianity on March 14, 2000. Before choosing to become a Christian, Muhammed had told Onuorah that he was tired of praying as a Muslim. But when Onuorah asked him to try church, his immediate answer was, “No. No. No. Church is an abomination, my family will kill me,...

If you're being stabbed by a Muslim immigrant in the U.K., the most important thing to remember is that you must avoid harmful bigotry. Here are a few ways to make sure you don't fall into the trap of hurtfully stereotyping your assaulter.

A new report from the nonpartisan State of the Nation Project lists New Mexico near the bottom of national rankings for education, shootings, youth depression and a number of other factors that impact life satisfaction. The organization produced the State of the States report, which gives in-depth scorecards to each of the 50 states and Washington D.C. ... A board of academics and advisers to the last five presidents created a list of 31 measures — ranging from youth depression, air quality and income inequality to social isolation, life expectancy and young adults employed or in school — and quantified...

Britta | NoSoup4Knowles @nosoup4knowles: Tucker Carlson claims he doesn't want a violent revolution while simultaneously telling Americans "there's no way for them to nonviolently change the system" Jun 12, 2026 https://x.com/nosoup4knowles/status/2065430772329091266 At the time, the lying Tucker Carlson invented stuff about Bongino too.

England supporters have reportedly been warned they risk being ejected from US stadiums should they make anti-Sir Keir Starmer chants throughout the World Cup. Fans are gearing up to cheer on Thomas Tuchel's side, who kick off their campaign in North America on Wednesday against Croatia (9pm BST). Tuchel's team are in Group L with matches against Ghana and Panama to follow Wednesday's fixture in Texas. The Three Lions will be chasing a first major trophy since their 1966 World Cup triumph. And one person likely to feel the wrath of England fans in North America is U.K. Prime Minister...

Lauren Smith, the wife of Jeromy Smith, a flight test engineer for the U.S. Air Force who died in the crash, told KTLA that the plane was experiencing issues before Monday’s flight. “My husband told me on Friday that they were supposed to fly on Friday and that something was wrong with the plane,” Smith said. “I don’t know what was wrong, but the flight kept getting pushed back. He was supposed to fly in the morning and then it got pushed back to noon and then it got pushed back to 2 o’clock. And then they said they’re going...

About 250 years ago, America cast a spell on Europe and the rest of the world. That magic compelled 15-18 million people to uproot themselves and escape war, poverty, crop failures, and political instability to start all over again in the new nation between 1800 and 1900. More than 15 million immigrants arrived in the first 15 years of the 20th century, mostly from Eastern Europe and Russia. Funny how America's critics gloss over that astonishing fact. Whenever they bother to mention it, they point to the industrial revolution, which created an insatiable demand for labor, as capitalism "enslaved" these...

Who celebrates a basketball victory by torching a school bus?New York City reacted to a championship victory by its Knicks basketball team with an orgy of violence and property damage, torching school buses, shattering a police-vehicle windshield, and attacking police officers. The riot was downplayed by the city’s political class and press.The city’s "there is only one solution, intifada revolution" mayor, socialist Zohran Mamdani, offered a generalized, "it is, frankly, unacceptable when we see violence, whether it's directed at those around them or at police officers," while insisting, "there were a select few who acted in a way that does...